Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge
Time / Nov 26, 2008
If Michelle Rhee succeeds, [she] could do something no one has done before: she could prove that low-income urban kids can catch up with kids in the suburbs.
Chancellor Shakes D.C. Schools With Aggressive Reform
NPR / Sept 10, 2008
Michelle Rhee's efforts to reform the notoriously low performing schools in the nation's capitol have been marked with tough choices, including the firing of 36 principals.
'100 mph' school chief seeks 'radical changes'
CNN.com / Sept 9, 2008
Michelle Rhee says she runs at 100 miles per hour. As the chancellor of one of the nation's lowest-performing school districts, she says she has no choice.
Rhee's 'Plan B' Targets Teacher Quality
Washington Post / Sept 8, 2008
Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee is preparing to bypass the Washington Teachers' Union in pursuit of the objective she considers essential to overhauling the District's public schools.
A Watershed Labor Negotiation
Washington Post / Aug 29, 2008
The negotiation between the Washington teachers union and Michelle Rhee may be the country's most significant contract negotiation.
Better or Worse, It's Rhee's School System Now: Her First Year Has Left a Big Impact
Washington Post / Aug 25, 2008
After a tumultuous year of unprecedented change, the fingerprints of Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will be found all over Washington's 120 public schools as students return today.
Rhee Threatens To Impose D.C. Teacher Reforms Without Union
NBC4.com / Aug 25, 2008
Rhee has told union leaders she would make the reforms with or without the union. The union responded by saying it won't rule out a strike.
Fixing DC's Schools
An ongoing series of Washington Post investigations.
Some D.C. Principals Credit Rhee for Big Gains in Test Scores
Washington Post / July 11, 2008
Principals at some D.C. schools that demonstrated a dramatic increase on this year's student achievement test credit the gains to programs they implemented after a push from Chancellor Michelle Rhee.
Workers, Council Question Firings
Washington Post / March 9, 2008
D.C. Schools Chancellor Rhee's decision to fire 98 central office employees is generating a debate among workers and questions from D.C. Council members about the fairness of the process.
D.C. School Closings List Is Revised
Washington Post / February 2, 2008
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee gave a reprieve yesterday to six schools originally targeted in their school closing plan but added four new ones to the list.
Don't Buy the "Emergency Powers" Argument for the District of Columbia Public Schools
EdBizBuzz / October 13, 2007
This op-ed blog entry calls into questions why it's even debatable that the DC City Council should give Mayor Adrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee complete power over the school system's central office.
Union Jacked
Washington City Paper / July 25, 2007
The Washington Teachers’ Union is surprisingly pumped about working with schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.
Can DC's Search Make the Grade?
Washington Post Commentary / August 8, 2004
Running an urban school system has been called the hardest job in the country, and there are always openings at the top. What's striking is how unimaginative and predictable the search process is.
A Modest Proposal for New School Leadership
Education Week / November 12, 2003
Everyone else who's tried to run schools may have messed up, but is there reason to think that our current government in Washington, with its track record on the economy, Iraq, and Afghanistan, is going to do better? s
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